Information About

Pingo Lake

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 52' 54.991" N,
164 ° 32' 35.03" W

Region

Bethel (CA)

Nearest City

Nightmute

Length

1.5 mi (2.41 km)

Elevation

7 ft (2.13 m)

Pingo Lake in Detail.

About

2 mi. N of Philacte Bay and 95 mi. W of Bethel, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

History

Name used by personnel of Clarence Rhode National Wildlife Range; reported in 1965. The name means "hill" or "mound" in Eskimo. The word has become a landform term referring to mounds formed by frost or freezing action above the permafrost.

Topo Maps

Baird Inlet (1951), Baird Inlet (1954), Baird Inlet (1954), Baird Inlet (1954), Baird Inlet D-7 (1954), Baird Inlet D-7 (1954),

Places Near Pingo Lake

Cities:

Chakchak, Old Kealavik, Takechak,

Bays:

Philacte Bay,

Hills:

Nyctea Hills,

Lakes:

Kagan Lake, Pingo Lake, Widgeon Lake,

Streams:

Aman Creek, Isiktok Creek, Takechak Creek,

Cities:

Newtok,